Tentative program for the Academic Seminar

Työpajat © Calum Macaulay

Registration opens at 9.00 am and the seminar closes at 4.00 pm. 

9:00–9:30 Registration 

9:30–9:45 Opening words 
 
9:45–10:45 Keynote: Prof. Gary Alan Fine 

10:45–11:10 Coffee break 

11:10–12:40 Session 1: Design (90 min) 

  • 11:10–11:40 Soanjärvi: Designing for Friendships in Educational Tabletop Role-Playing Games 
  • 11:40–12:10 Lares: Larp Design and the Finnish Community for Organizing Historical Larps 
  • 12:10–12:40 Ruutu: The ”Brotherhood of Steel” Project – Adolescents Developing a Role-Playing Game in a Change Laboratory Intervention in School 

12:40–14:15 Lunch break 

14:15–15:45 Session 2: Practices (90 min) 

  • 14:15–14:45 Bowman, Westborg & Baird: Analog Role-Playing Games as Vehicles for Co-Creative Social Skill Development 
  • 14:45-15:15 Mattinen & Macey: “Boosters, Please” – Gamblification of Digital Games: A Case Study of Magic: The Gathering Arena 
  • 15:15-15:45 Durán & Apperley: Thieves’ World and the Fantasy City: The Thief and the Expanding Role of Literature in Early Tabletop Roleplaying 

15:45–16:00 Closing words 
 
16:00 Seminar closes